Bob Klose
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Rado 'Bob' Klose (born 1945; sometimes referred to as Bob Close or Brian Close in various publications) is a British musician and photographer. He was one of the earliest members of the rock band Pink Floyd, playing the lead guitar, however he left the band before they recorded (possibly excluding the earliest "Lucy Leave" and "I'm a King Bee" demo recordings).
The Abdabs (also known as The Screaming Abdabs) with Roger Waters (lead guitar), Rick Wright (rhythm guitar), Nick Mason (drums), Clive Metcalfe (bass guitar), and Keith Noble & Juliette Gale (vocals), performed rhythm & blues under various names (Sigma 6, The T-Set, The Meggadeaths, and the Abdabs variations above) during their run with manager Ken Chapman, who also wrote some early material for the band.
Metcalfe, Noble, and Gale left the band around the time Wright and Gale married. Syd Barrett (guitar and vocals) and Bob Klose (lead guitar and vocals) joined the remaining members. This new group called itself first Tea Set and then The Pink Floyd Sound (named after two old Georgia bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). The word "Sound" was dropped from the band's name, as, later, was the definite article.
Klose was more interested in jazz and blues than Barrett's psychedelia and pop and so left the band in 1965, shortly after joining. Barrett assumed lead guitar, lead vocals, and the bulk of the songwriting, while Klose went on to become a photographer.
It is said (and confirmed by himself in a TV documentary) that Klose's guitar can be heard on the early bootlegs I'm a King Bee and Lucy Leave, both available on the A Tree Full Of Secrets RoIO.
In 2006 Klose was once again connected to Pink Floyd as one of the guest performers on David Gilmour's album "On An Island".
References
- [Pink Floyd Biography] - (Note: Refers to Bob Klose as Brian Close, perhaps in error)
- [All Music Guide] - (Note: Refers to Bob Klose as Bob Close; again perhaps in error)
- [People in Pink Floyd's History: Bob Klose] - (Note: this site also refers to the name confusion)
- Miles, Andy Mabbett (1995). Pink Floyd: A Visual Documentary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0711941092 - (Note: Refers to Bob Close exclusively)
- Dallas, Karl (1987). Pink Floyd: Bricks In The Wall. Shapolsky Publishers. ISBN 0-933503-88-1 - (Note: Refers to ''Bob Close' ' exclusively)
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